William Calvin Chesnut (June 27, 1873 – October 16, 1962) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
William Calvin Chesnut
Born 1873 in Baltimore, MD
Died 1962 in Baltimore, MD
FJC ID: 419
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 30/year
Maryland District Court · 1932–1962
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland1899–1931
Lecturer · 1911–1931- Baltimore, MarylandAssistant state's attorney · 1896–1899
Appointments
1932–1962 · Appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law)LL.B. · 1894
- Johns Hopkins UniversityA.B. · 1892